The National tribune., 1887-02-17
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
NashNiIe.

Nashville.
John Lines, Sergeant Co. L, 18th Ind. Cav,
! Wabash, Kan. discharges his carbne at Capt
Rankin, 9Th Ohio Cav for the injustice he did
TO Hatch's Division in his account OF the
cavalry fight at Nashville.
James Price, Co. J., 18th I'll. Cav, Webster
City, Iowa, referring to the article by Capt
Rankin, 9TH Ohio Cav, on the operations OF
the cavalry at Nashville, says Capt Rankin IL
much in error in disputing the statements OF
COmrade Surby concerning the achievements
! of Hatch's Division. He says the Captain 5
| difficulty is i'm being mistaken as 10 the pike
| out which Gen. Johnson's Division moved. Ii
was the Charlotte pike and not the Granny
| White, which runs straight south from Nash
VILE lie says Gen. Cox, in his book, Frank
| lin and Nashville" of the Scribner series, gives
the positions correctly. He says that Hatch's
Division did in that campaign all that Com
rade Surby claimed for il.
II. NJ. Wilson, Co. VI, 9TH U. S. Cav, Nora,
! ILL.,, replies 10 Capt Rankin, 9Th Ohio Cav, in
regard 10 the battle Of Nashville. He says
Johnson's Division, 10 which the 9Th Ohio be-
longcd, moved out on the Charlotte pike and
fought the rebel division of Gen. Chalmers.
He fully ndOrses Comrade Surby's account of
the part taken by Hatchs Division.
Il. McMickle, S97 Kcnesaw St, Milwaukee,
Wis, thinks the comrades who write of the
battle of Nashville do not give credit enough to
the troops Of A. j. Smith, who performed very
conspicuous part in that action.
John V. Sroufe, First Lieutenant, 9Th Ohio
Cav, New Hope, O., comes TO the support of
Capt. Rankin, of that regiment, and says that
the latter's account of the operations at Nash
willie was substantially correct; and that if
Hatch's Division took any forts and prisoners,
il was TO the left of the command 10 which the
9Th Ohio belonged, as there were no troops
on IFS right.
NJ. Il. Stansbury, Co. F, 10th H., Wittrur,
! Kan. sends a brief sketch of what he saw at
the battle of Nashville. He says Capt. Rankin,
9TH Ohio Cav, is certainly mistaken in saying
that Gen. Hatch did not occupy the position
that has been claimed by so many correspond
ents of his division.
w. A. Crowder, CO B, 59th H., thinks that
no battles Of the war were more important or
decisive than franklin and Nashville. But for
the defeat Of Hoods army there il would have
! invaded the North. and the result would have
been disastrous TO the Union cause. He cannot
understand why Congress should refuse topen-
sion Mrs. Logan.
Farley Danielson, Co. A. Cd Iowa, sends a
brief account of his observations at the battle
of Nashville
The ylcksburg Campaign.
VIM. Gossett, Co. L. sth Ind Honey Creek,
Ind, wishes 10 inform Maj Frank Swigart,
Logansport, Ind. how the 29th Wis. got out OF
the tight place at Port Gibson referred 10 in
Ind found the 29th Wis. in the ravine in great
danger of being overwhelmed by the enemy.
The Wisconsin men fought most CALAMITY, and
by the assistance of the 9Th Ind, both regi-
ments charging the enemy in the face of gall
ing fire. drove them back and released the 29th
from its dangerous position.
w. II. Ensign, Co. II, 12ith Ill, Danforth
Mo-, wishes to correct Comrade SCOTS account
of the charge at Champions Hill. Scott said
the charge was made by the 9Th, 18th and l24th
ILL.,, and 32d Ohio. Comrade Ensign says the
job was done by the Goth, 3lst, 45th and l2ith
Ill. They composed the Third Brigade, Third
Division, Seventeenth Corps. He says four
guns were taken from the enemy instead OF
two.
II. c. Denny, Corporal, Co. ii, 18th Ind.
Comanche Tex. was very much pleased with
Maj. Swigart's article on the campaign in the
rear Of Vicksburg The 18th Ind. was in Carr:
Division at Magnolia Hills and Port Gibson
He would be glad TO hear more from Maj. Swi.
CART. He is informed that THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has another article from the Major
which will soon appear.
b. +. Noll, Co. 4, Goth Ill, Stratton, Neb.
correcting the statement OF Comrade Scott in
regard TO the capture of the two guns at Cham
pion's HILL says il was not made by the Third
! Brigade OF Logan's Division, but by the FRS
Brigade, composed Of the 23d Ind. and Goth
3lst and 45th III. The charge was directed by
, | Otn. Logan IN person. lneN uIsI STUCK TIE
enemy ut Bakers Creek, and pushing across
charged up the hill to the battery near the lol
house.
A. ]. Weinsheimer, Co. ID, 45th H., Mime
apolis Mimi, says that Comrade Scott, Sth III.
is mistaken in regard 10 the troops that com
posed the Third Brigade Of Logan's Division
aud captured the two guns at Champions Hill
He says the regiments were the Goth, 45th
l2ith Ill and 23d Ind.
George w. Chase, Norths Landing Ind, sup
ports the statement Of Comrade Denny that TIA,
18th Ind made the famous charge on the 9 gun
/ battery at Magnolia Hills on May /, 1863. Tn,
brigade, commanded by Gen. Benton, WAS com
posed Of the sth and 18th Ind, 33d and 99tl
, Ill. He would like 10 hear from any Of his ole
comrades.
VIM. E. Palms. Co. G, LIST La. (colored), Ar
cola, ILL.,, says that Col. Fred. Grant is not en-
tirely correct in his account of the feet passing
the batteries at Vicksburg. He says the frs
shot was not fired from Warrenton, as stated b!
I, Col. Fred. Grant, but from a battery place
about mile above the city on ridge known
as the DEVILS Backbone" The writer say
9 he lived at the time about 300 yards in rear o
i the battery, and the first shot awoke him.
A. A. COe, Co A, 47th Ind, Bloomington Ind.
Z says that Comrade Bishop, OF his regiment 81
= Johns, Kan, is correct in regard to the Att
|. Ind. making the last charge at Port Gibson
He would like 10 hear from any members O
his regiment.
l.. ID. Bayes Co. ], 18th Iowa, Wauseon, O.
: was greatly pleased with Col. Fred. Grant
"reminiscences ofthe siege ofVicksburg in whicl
/, the writer participated from beginning TO end
, H. lleeder, Co. i, 99th ILL.,, Wayne, Kan, is yer,
L glad 10 see a word now and then from til
: Thirteenth Corps He says he always suppose
= his regiment had hand in the capture of Ia
: 2-gun battery al Magnolia Hills.
u Joseph Jones, Go. c, 18th No, Loami, Ill
J says that until he saw Col. Fred Grants ac
Q count Of the capture Of Jackson, Miss, he sun
: posed that r. ID. Campbell, Jacob Warner, an
c himself all Of Co. c, 18th No. were the fir.
9 bluecoats who entered the city. The next ma
J. he saw was "0ld Tony" of the same regimen
b riding out Of store on q mule with a bush,
bag filed with shoes and tobacco He think
a Capt. Boatwright Of Co. H. was the man VII
9 took down the rebel flag from the Statehous
y and hoisted the Stars and Stripes in its place
u L. is. Sheppard, Quartermaster-Sergeant,7 II
T. Mo-, Fort BridgeT, WyO., wishes 10 correct Co
' Fred. Grant, by saying that il was the 9Th VI,
% and not the 9Th Mo. that Col Oliver commando,
u and which volunteered TO man the transport
= which were 10 run past the batteries lie woul
= like 10 hear from the comrades Of his own reg
e mcnt on this subject.
East Tennessee.
Augustus Flanders, Co. H. 9TH Ohio Cav
Whipple, Ohio, says that his regiment serve
in East Tennessee under Gen. Burnside
1868, and gives brief sketch of a scouting e.
petition down the valley of the Holstein Rive
IS j. J. Lint, Co. T. 10th Ohio, Killbuck. c
N referring 10 Comrade Fry's account of the figl
Of at Tazewell Tenn, in his sketch Of the Gun
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